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OIIAUNCEY OSCAR LYMAN, OF BROOKWAYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 695,465, dated March18, 1902.

Application filed June 22, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OHAUNOEY OSCAR LY- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brockwayville, in the county of Jefferson, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements inSwings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to'swings and it has for its object to provide adevice of this nature which may be manufactured at a low price, will bemost durable, and will be simple in construction, a further object ofthe invention being to provide a swing wherein the seat may be readilyadjusted from an upright position to a reclining position, or viceversa, and wherein the seat may be quickly and easily removed to preventdamage from the weather.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood fromthe following specification and include a simple and efficientadjustable foot-rest.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the swing with the seat thereof Iin reclining position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, partly in elevationand showing the lower portion of the swingingframe with the seat thereinand illustrating the manner of connecting the seat to the swingingframe. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the seat with the lower portion ofthe swinging frame and showing the means for holding the seat in itsdifferent adjusted positions. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing one of theupper hanger-bearings of the swinging frame. Fig. 5 is a detail viewshowing one of the bearings between a hanger and a seat- Fig. 6 is aside elevation showing the upper portion of a'supportingframe somewhatdiiferent from that shown in other figures. Fig. 7 is an elevation atright angles to Fig. 6.

Referring now to the drawings, the swing consists of a supporting-frameincluding two pairs of upwardly-converging posts 10 and 11, the posts ofeach pair being connected at their upper ends by the ties 12, while oneSerial No. 65,624. on model.)

pair of posts 11 is connected at their bottoms with the tie or sill 13.The corresponding or parallel posts at each side of the supportingframeare connected at their upper portions by means of the diagonals 14,while at their lower portions they are connected by the cross pieces orties .15. Attached to the inner faces of each pair of posts is ahanger-beam 16 and'17, respectively, these hanger-beams end thereof, andin the perforation is disposed abushing 24 in the form of a pipe-nipple,which is held securely in place by the clamping action of the sides ofthe'slotted portion of the hanger through the medium of a clamping-bolt26, which is engaged with the bifurcations of the hanger.

The hangers are disposed'in pairs,as shown, and through the bushings ofeach pair is passed a rod 27, which is also engaged with bushings in theform of T connections of pipe (shown at 28) and which are disposed insuitable recesses in the upper edges of the hanger-beams, the stems ofthe connect-ions being disposed upwardly to form oil-cups toreceive'waste which holds a lubricant. The

bushings in the hangers have also perforations therein to permit ofapplication of oil to the interiors thereof. The lower ends. of thehangers are likewise slotted longitudinally to lead to transverseperforations, and in each hanger, at the lower end and in theperforations thereof, are bushings 29, each of which is in the form of apipe-nipple and is held in place by means of the clamping-bolts 31,passed through the hanger to draw the bifurcations of the hangertogether to clamp them upon the bushings. The bushing 30 at the lowerend of one of the hangers is shown in detail in Fig. 5, and spaced somedistance above this bushing in each hanger is a perforation having alsoa bushing. Through these upper bushings of the hangers are engaged bolts32, which are engaged also with bushings 33 in the end portions ofseat-supporting beams 34: and 35, which are thus pivotally connected tothe hangers and are parallel and horizontal.

The seat consists of the bottom 36, having the sides 37 and back 38, andat the forward portion thereof on the under side of its bottom aresecured hooks 39, the bills of which are directed rearwardly and whichare removably engaged over a transverse bar 4E0, connecting the beams 34and 35. Upon the beams and in the rear of this transverse rod are theeyes 36' and 37, which are disposed for engagement by the bolt-rods 38and 39, which are slidably mounted upon the lower portion of the back ofthe seat for movement into and out of engagement with the eyes tosupport the seat in an erect position or to permit it to tilt rearwardlyto inclined position. In inclined position stops l2 on the arms of theseat engage the supporting-beams and limit the backward movement of theseat. To move the bolts into and out of engaging position, their innerends are pivotally engaged with pins upon the face of a disk 43, whichis rotatably mounted on the back of the seat and is provided with anoperating-handle 44:. The pins are at opposite sides of the center ofthe disk, and when the disk is rotated in one direction or the other thebolts are projected or retracted. Engaged with the lower bushings 30 ofthe hangers are the bolts 45, which are likewise engaged with therectangular frame 46, to the inner faces of the sides of which arepivoted the rear ends of the sides 47 of a platform @8, includingtransverse slats secured to the sides, and the platform is supported atdifferent elevations by means of the turn-buttons or pivoted supports49, mounted on the inner faces of the forward portions of the framesides. Vhen the seat or chair is tilted or reclined, the forward end ofthe platform is raised, as shown. With this construction it will be seenthat the chair may be easily, quickly, and expeditiously shifted fromone position to another, as also the platform, and that by means of thebolt connection at the rear and the hooks at the front the chair may beentirely removed from the swinging frame, thus permitting an upholsteredchair to be used without danger of 'injury from the weather.

It will be understood thatin practice modiflcations of the specificconstruction shown may be made and that any suitable materials andproportions may be used for the various parts without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings there is shown a modified constructionof supportingframe, including the upwardly-converging posts 50 and 51,the posts of each pair being connected near to their upper ends by a tie52, while parallel therewith and at the upper end of the pair is asupporting-beam 53. Braces 54 are connected with the beams, inwardly ofthe ends of the latter, and converge downwardly, where they areconnected to the projecting ends of the ties. A cross-piece 55 connectsthe beams at points intermediate of their ends, and a second cross-piece56 connects the ties 52 at points intermediate of their ends, diagonalcross-braces 57 being connected each with one end of the uppercrosspiece and the opposite end of the lower crosspiece.Theprojectingendsof thesupportingbeams are recessed in their upperedges,which receive the T connections 59, forming bearings for the rodsof thehangers 60. -With this construction it will be seen that theheight of the frame may be much less than in the former construction andwith the same lengths of hangers.

What is claimed is- 1. A swing comprising a supporting-frame includinghanger-beams, T-pipe connections engaged with the beams with their stemsdisposed upwardly to form oil-cups, shafts engaged with the heads of theconnections and hangers mounted upon the shafts and provided with aseat.

2. A swing comprising a supporting-frame, hangers suspended pivotallyfrom the frame, seat-supporting beams connected to the hangers andhaving a transverse connecting-rod, said beams having also eyes, and aseat having hooks for engagement pivotally with the rod and having boltsfor engagement with the eyes to hold the seat against pivotal movementon the red, the hooks being removably engaged with the rod.

3. A swing comprising pivoted hangers, supporting-beams connected to thehangers and having a transverse rod and eyes spaced therefrom, and aseat having hooks removably engaged with the rod and having boltsdisposed to engage the eyes.

4. Aswingcomprisinghangers,supportingbeams connected to the hangers andhaving a transverse bar and eyes spaced therefrom, and a seat havingrearwardly-directed hooks removably and pivotally engaged with the bar,bolts upon the seat for engagement with the eyes to hold the seat at onepoint of pivotal movement, and stops upon the seat for engagement torest upon the beams to limit the pivotal movement of the seat in onedirection.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAUNOEY OSCAR LYMAN.

lVitnesses:

ANDREW LOGAN, M. D. MILK.

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